We are pleased to invite you to the next HKIUD Kuk Po Tour on 31 May 2025 (Sun).

Situated amidst the rural landscapes of Hong Kong’s Sha Tau Kok, Kuk Po preserves large area of mangrove wetlands and traditional Hakka settlements. Since 2020, the project team carried out a series of design and research studies on the conservation and revitalization for Kuk Po Village. Built upon a shared theme “Kuk Po Vision”, the study covers from surveys of architecture and landscape through the engagements with communities, highlights the design strategy of Point - Line – Network, adopting measures of Acupuncture, Adaptive-reuse and Addition. By activating a series catalyst architecture, the design demonstrates varies design interventions for Kuk Po including the shaping of Kai Choi School Plaza, the renovation of Kuk Po Common, the establishment of Art KukPo program, the construction of Eco-toilet, and the reconstruction of Ruin Garden. The project demonstrates the significance of research and building processes in design, addressing type, fabric, tectonic and tactile, as well as landscape, community, and their social processes, for the conservation and revitalization in Hong Kong’s rural villages.

 

Please find the detail visit program below:

 

Date: 31 May 2026 (Sunday)

 

10:00 - Departure from Sha Tau Kok Pier (or meet 10:15 at Kai Choi School)

10:15-11:00 - Visit Kai Choi School, Kuk Po Common, and Kai Choi Plaza

11:00-11:15 - Refreshment of local tofu fa (dessert)

11:15-11:45 - Visit Eco-Toilet, San Wai, arrive Lo Wai

11:45-12:30 - Visit Lo Wai and the Ruin Garden

12:30-12:50 - Back to Kuk Po Pier

12:50-13:00 - return to Sha Tau Kok, or                                                              

13:00- 14 :00 - explore Kuk Po (optional)

Registration: https://forms.gle/naVQJf2BbQx961cs5

 

Registration Fee(including round trip by ferry between the Sha Tau Kok Pier and Kuk Po) : 

Members (HKD 100)
SO Members (HKD 120)
Non Members (HKD 150)

 

Meeting at Kai Choi School

Members (HKD 50)

SO Members (HKD 70)

Non Members (HKD 100)

 

* Participants are required to apply the Tourism Closed Area Permit if they took the ferry from Sha Tau Kok Pier.*

(Please apply one week before the tour)

 

Speaker: Prof. Weijen WANG, Grand Award Winner of the HKIUD Urban Design Awards 2025

 

Members and non members are welcome.

Minimum 20 participants and 10 participants taking the Ferry from Sha Tau Kok Pier are required. Otherwise the tour will be cancelled.

If you have any queries, please feel free to contact Ms. Cherry Lau, Senior Administrative Officer at 2235 9057 or email cherry.lau@hkiud.org.